diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 735c20d5fd56..68a55dffb360 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,11 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
 		if (!*p)
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * Initialize args struct so we know whether arg was
+		 * found; some options take optional arguments.
+		 */
+		args[0].to = args[0].from = 0;
 		token = match_token(p, tokens, args);
 		switch (token) {
 		case Opt_bsd_df:
@@ -1518,10 +1523,11 @@ set_qf_format:
 			clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, BARRIER);
 			break;
 		case Opt_barrier:
-			if (match_int(&args[0], &option)) {
-				set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, BARRIER);
-				break;
-			}
+			if (args[0].from) {
+				if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
+					return 0;
+			} else
+				option = 1;	/* No argument, default to 1 */
 			if (option)
 				set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, BARRIER);
 			else
@@ -1594,10 +1600,11 @@ set_qf_format:
 			set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt,NO_AUTO_DA_ALLOC);
 			break;
 		case Opt_auto_da_alloc:
-			if (match_int(&args[0], &option)) {
-				clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NO_AUTO_DA_ALLOC);
-				break;
-			}
+			if (args[0].from) {
+				if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
+					return 0;
+			} else
+				option = 1;	/* No argument, default to 1 */
 			if (option)
 				clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NO_AUTO_DA_ALLOC);
 			else